Success only breeds a new goal
BETTE DAVISIf everybody likes you, you’re pretty dull.
More Bette Davis Quotes
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Men become much more attractive when they start looking older. But it doesn’t do much for women, though we do have an advantage: make-up.
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Mother of three; divorcee; American. Twenty years experience as an actress in motion pictures. Mobile still and more affable than rumour would have it. Wants steady employment in Hollywood. (Has had Broadway). References upon request.
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What a fool I was to come to Hollywood where they only understand platinum blondes and where legs are more important than talent.
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You should never say bad things about the dead, you should only say good, Joan Crawford is dead. Good.
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Success is built on disappointment, and disappointment is inherent in all success.
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One begins to realize that one is getting old when the birthday candles weigh more than the cake.
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Dramatic art in her opinion is knowing how to fill a sweater.
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To look back is to relax one’s vigil.
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Being called very, very difficult is the beginning of success. Until you’re called very, very difficult you’re really nobody at all.
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I wouldn’t piss on Joan Crawford if she were on fire.
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I didn’t forget your breakfast. I didn’t bring your breakfast. Because you didn’t eat your din-din.
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Among the reasons marriages fail, sex ranks no higher than fourth, behind money, having only one bathroom, and an inability to communicate, reasons one, two and three.
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It’s better to be hated for who you are, than to be loved for someone you’re not. It’s a sign of your worth sometimes, if you’re hated by the right people.
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I guess I’m larger than life. That’s my problem.
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I do not regret one professional enemy I have made. Any actor who doesn’t dare to make an enemy should get out of the business.
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